OF UNDERSTANDING THE REGION RAPID GROWTH AT USE Bonus issues, rising share prices drive increase in market capitalisation. Page 53 FEBRUARY 14-20,2015 theeastafrican.co.ke UGANDA SH2700 KENYA SH100 TANZANIA SH1700 RWANDA RWF900 BURUNDI BIF2000 Kikwete takes over from Uhuru at EAC Tanzania leade≥ to stee≥ bloc th≥ough inf≥ast≥uctu≥e phase By CHRISTABEL LIGAMI Special Correspondent F inancing for infrastructure projects will be high on the agenda at the EAC Heads of State Summit in Nairobi this week, during which Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta is scheduled to hand over the chair to Tanzania’s President Jakaya Kikwete. The presidents of the five mem- ber states are expected to adopt alternative means to raise $100 million for the Central (Tanzania and Burundi) and Northern (Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan and Rwanda) Corridors. They are also set to endorse the integration of the two parallel projects into one Community initiative, giving the strongest indication of their desire to bridge the rift that was threatening to break up the regional bloc. “The Northern Corridor infra- structure projects will run as they are but under the larger EAC infrastructure programme. The same will apply to the Central Corridor projects,” said Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Minister Amina Mohamed in a statement. “The ultimate objective of both projects is minimising delays in the movement of goods and people across the region, which is the main agenda for the EAC integration,” she added. FULL REPORT, PAGE 6 The dawn of a a new gender? At the Unive≥sity of Ve≥mont, students can now desc≥ibe themselves as ‘neut≥al’ gende≥ Outlook, Pages 25, 28-29 Uchumi plans 13 new branches Supe≥ma≥ket chain to lease, not buy Business, Page 39 Taking a line through lions > SGR wo≥ke≥s camp at Man Eate≥s, Tsavo Magazine Audit: EALA tells ministers to act WE ARE CLEAN: Sec≥eta≥iat plays down ≥epo≥t, says it points to a≥eas that need to be st≥engthened By CHRISTABEL LIGAMI Special Correspondent T he East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) is demanding immediate action by the re- gional bloc’s ministers on an audit report that has exposed financial irregularities at the Secretariat, even as a public notice issued by the Aru- sha-based office says no misuse or loss of funds had been reported. EALA Speaker Dan Kidega said the East Afri- can Community Council of Ministers must punish those found culpable, and demand accountability before its next sitting in Bujumbura mid next month. FULL REPORT, PAGE 4 INVEST IN INTELLECTUALS> Former Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki on the true drivers of EAC integration Page 17 No. 1059 COUNTDOWN TO 2021 Never too old to rule: NRM plots to lift age limit Pa≥ty ≥et≥eat allegedly p≥epa≥ing sweeping changes to Constitution, including lifting p≥esidential age limit of 75 FULL REPORT, PAGE 12 www.theeastafrican.co.ke FEBRUARY 14-20, 2015 MAGAZINE BOOKS | LIFESTYLE | TRAVEL | THE ARTS | HEALTH & SCIENCE | SPORT a≥t VALLEY OF THE DOLLS: ART OF EVERYDAY LIVING P. VIII > c≥icket NEW LOW: KENYA, UGANDA STANDARDS SLIPPING P. XII > New ≥ailway haunted by past ho≥≥o≥s of Tsavo? In ea≥ly Decembe≥, a watchman who was gua≥ding t≥ucks at the camp in Tsavo was attacked by a leopa≥d with two cubs. The gua≥d sustained se≥ious head inju≥ies when the animal pounced on him, w≥ites inju≥ies when the animal pounced on him, w≥ites ALLAN OLINGO TURN TO PAGE VI-VII